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Question 71

During a test flight of a high-performance drone, the power consumption rate PPP (in kW) is monitored over a 2-minute interval. The rate at time t t\,t minutes is modelled by the function:

P=2.5t2t2+5 P = \frac{2.5^t}{\sqrt{2t^2 + 5}} P=2t2+5​2.5t​
a.

Complete the table below, giving the values of PPP to 3 decimal places.

ttt00.511.52
PPP0.4470.9451.733
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b.

Use the trapezium rule, with all the values of PPP from the completed table, to find an approximate value for the total energy consumed over the interval:

∫022.5t2t2+5 dt \int_{0}^{2} \frac{2.5^t}{\sqrt{2t^2 + 5}} \, dt ∫02​2t2+5​2.5t​dt
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1.9 Numerical Methods (A-level only) Questions

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125 exam-style questions on OCR A Level Maths 1.9 Numerical Methods (A-level only), covering 1.9.1 Locating roots by sign change (A-level only), 1.9.2 Failure of sign change methods (A-level only), 1.9.3 Simple iterative methods (A-level only), 1.9.4 Newton-Raphson method (A-level only), 1.9.5 Failure of iterative methods (A-level only), 1.9.6 Numerical integration (A-level only), and 1.9.7 Numerical methods in context (A-level only). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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